#845: The Failure of Fraternity

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The Atheist Community of Austin

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🗓️ 23 December 2013

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Russell Glasser and Don Baker. The Failure of Fraternity. Don responds to the Pope's "day of peace" message and its central theme of fraternity.

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0:00.0	Well, you open your eyes, and so under what you'll find with an open mind, you may be surprised.
0:20.0	Hey, everybody, it's the atheist experience.
0:46.0	Hey, everybody, it's the atheist experience. I'm your host, Russell Glasser, and with me today, for the last show of the year is Don Baker.
0:55.0	Oh, it's going to be good to be here.
0:57.0	Yeah. Today in our pre-Christmas, not very special at all, we have a skeleton crew running the back room.
1:06.0	So if anything goes wrong, then be sympathetic, and if it doesn't go wrong, then be super impressed.
1:13.0	There you go.
1:14.0	It's Sunday, December 22, 2013. We are a live calling public access atheist television show based in Austin, Texas, dedicated to promoting positive atheism and the separation of church and state.
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2:12.0	You can find links to that from the atheist experience website, and the next non-profits, if the timing is right, and everybody can make it, should air on January 1, 2014.
2:26.0	And as always, the cast and crew of the show will be headed for Threadgill's Downtown in Austin, and anybody who happens to be in town is welcome to drop on by.
2:37.0	I've heard people use the word pilgrimage more than once to describe heading for Austin to come hang out with us.
2:49.0	So, yeah, hey, Don.
2:51.0	Well, howdy pilgrim.
2:52.0	Had that coming.
2:55.0	Yeah, but hey, well, I'm talking again about yet another failure of Christianity.
3:02.0	I've done 20 previous shows, so much failure, so few glads.
3:07.0	Yeah, quite a collection. I've got lots more to go.
3:10.0	Today, I want to talk about the failure of fraternity.
3:13.0	And what brings us up is that each year, the Pope issues a message for the Vatican's day of peace remembrance, which is January 1.
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